Re: validate names with regex

From: "Chris W. Parker" <cparker@swatgear.com> > Can someone post a function or regex that can validate names (first and > last)? The most important bit is that names like O'Malley and Hope-Jones > are not barred. I use this: //allow a possible ', -, or space in name. ' will //be replaced with \' by magic_quotes upon //form submission (so we search for \\\') $match = "^[a-z]+([- ]{1}|(\\\'))?[a-z]+$"; along with eregi(), but it can (should) be easily adapted to a syntax compatible with preg_match(). I remember a large discussion about this a while back. Archives may be useful. ---John Holmes...